Oil lamps - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Black-figure Athenian shoulder LekythosImpressive vase with high-quality painting, showing a king between hoplite warriors and youths. From old German collection, acquired in the early 1970s.
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Luristan bronze standard with master of animalsBronze finial from Iron Age Northern Iran. Decorated by stylized panthers and a janus headed hero or god. Possibly a teraphim, a house god, as referred to in the Old Testament.
Luristan bronze daggerDouble-edged blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran. An early type from the Middle Bronze Age.
Near Eastern spearheadDouble-edged blade of a small spear or large arrow from Bronze or Early Iron Age. With a nice green patina.
Luristan battle axe with eyesAxe head originating from the Luristan region during Early Bronze Age. The piece is decorated with eyes to form a stylized bird's head.
Luristan bronze axeNicely decorated axe head originating from the Luristan region. From the Sasson family collection.
Luristan bronze daggerDouble-edged blade of a long dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran. From the Sasson family collection.
Roman intaglio with cowRoman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste with a white band. The motif is a cow. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
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Roman intaglio with birds at water basinThe Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.
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Roman intaglio with ErosThe skillful work shows the god Eros as a boy. Nice orange glass paste, imitating carnelian.
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Bronze Age clay vesselNice small biconical vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Dating to the Late Bronze Age.
Three ancient pottery vesselsAn exciting mixed group from the Iron Age to Classical Antiquity. From the collection of Professor Manegold.
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Roman potsherds from the Rhineland - sold by weightFragments of Roman pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Large Paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Foggaret Ezzaouia, Algeria, North Africa.
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Paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Algeria, North Africa.
Large paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool made of wonderfully banded stone. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Morocco, North Africa.
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Large red-figure Apulian phialeExcellent condition, very well preserved decoration. Ex Herbert A. Cahn (1915- 2002), Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, acquired in the 1950s - 1960s.
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Roman glass pitcherTurquoise glass jug from the late Roman Imperial period. From the Heckmann collection.
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Roman glass bowlSmall bowl made of pale turquoise glass, from the Roman Imperial period. Acquired in 1974 at the antiquities gallery Neuhaus.
Roman square glass bottleTypical and popular glass vessel type from the Roman Imperial period. From the Heckmann collection.
Roman Terra Sigillata bowl from the RhinelandFound near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
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Roman beaker from the RhinelandVery well preserved. Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
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Roman Terra Sigillata plate with potters' mark GERMANI from the RhinelandFound near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
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Vespasian denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.
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Etruscan bucchero kylixFrom an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany. Present by Pater Prof. Dr. Dr. Novatus Picard, Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Laterano, Rome.
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Roman tallow oil lamp from the Rhineland - found 1971Found 1971 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Novaesium was an early Roman foundation and with this is one of the oldest cities in Germany.
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North African Roman oil lamp with birdNicely preserved. From an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.
Roman bronze phallus amuletApotropaic amulet to protect agains the evil eye. Perfectly preserved, incl. the original ring. Beautiful green patina. From an old Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s.
Rare Boeotian subgeometric askosVoluminous vessel, the trefoil mouth is stylized to a bird's head. Decorated with various geometric elements and patterns.
Rare daunian thymiaterion (incense berner)Exceptional condition, widely complete and intact, including the delicate handles and the original painting.
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Published Roman bronze serapis bustExcellently preserved incl. surface details. Nice green patina. From the collection of the art historian Steinbock, which was composed between 1920 and 1982.
Red-figure Apulian lekythosVery good condition, intact and not restored. From an old German private collection, acquired before 1982.
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Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant shows Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf. It was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
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Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant with two portrait busts was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
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Vespasian denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.
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Roman legionary tile from the RhinelandLEG VI (Victrix), 70 - 104 AD. Found 1966 till 1981 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Novaesium was an early Roman foundation and with this is one of the oldest cities in Germany.